Cabinet for radio receiving sets



Nov. 10, 1964 K. FRANKLIN 3,156,503

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z/m mzzm 14f 7047MB Y5 United States Patent 3,156,508 CABINET FDR RADIO RECEIVING SETS Lester K. Franklin, 390 S. Hauser Blvd., Los Angeles 36, Calif. Filed May 11, 1962, Ser. No. 194,040 Claims. (Cl. 312-7) This invention relates to small cabinets or enclosures for radio receiving sets.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide a cabinet from which the radio set may be readily removed for repair or replacement.

It is another object of this invention to provide a cabinet that may be used for accommodating a small article, such as a pack of cigarettes, and that can normally be hidden within the cabinet.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a cabinet of pleasing appearance (such as a simulation of a spinet piano) and that has a lid which when opened serves to elevate a platform upon which the pack of cigarettes rests; the platform and its operating parts, as well as the set, forming the removable back of the piano.

This invention possesses many other advantages, and has other objects which may be made more clearly apparent from a consideration of one embodiment of the invention. For this purpose, there is shown a form in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the present specification, and which drawings, unless as otherwise indicated, are true scale. This form will now be described in detail, illustrating the general principles of the invention; but it is to be understood that this detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since the scope of this invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a cabinet incorporating the invention and housing a radio set;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation, partly broken away, illustrating the cabinet with the lid open;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation of the cabinet with the back of the cabinet removed;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the slide which carries the working parts of the radio receiving set, the lid being in open position;

FIG. 5 is a side elevation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 but illustrating the lid in closed position.

The frame 1 as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 is made to simulate in miniature a spinet piano. However, instead of a back wall for the piano frame, use is made of a panel or slide 3. This panel 3 is accommodated in the grooves 2 along the sides and bottom of the cabinet. The panel 3 as hereinafter explained carries all of the operating parts of the radio set, as well as providing a receptacle for articles such as a package of cigarettes, which becomes available for removal of a cigarette when a lid simulating the lid of the piano is opened.

The slide or panel 3 is provided with a lid 4 that overlies the top of the cabinet 1. The lid 4 is hinged as by the hinges 5 to the upper edge of the slide 3.

The slide 3 accommodates the radio receiving set 10 shown as having an on-olf switch 11, a control dial 12 and a dry cell 13. The dry cell 13 may be readily removable and replaced by removing the slide 3 from the cabinet.

Located between the left-hand edge of the radio set 10 and the left-hand wall of the cabinet 1 is a platform 8. This platform 8 has a side wall 15 and a rear wall 16.

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It is slidable in the space defined by the cabinet wall and the radio set 10.

The left side of platform 8 has a low wall 17 which is joined to linkage 7 made in two parts, and hinged as shown at 9. The upper portion of the linkage is connected as by a hinge 6 mounted on the lid 4. When the lid 4 is opened as illustrated in FIG. 5, the platform 8 is elevated to permit access to the package of cigarettes 14. In the lower position as shown in FIG. 6, the bottom of the platform 8 approaches the bottom of the cabinet.

The inventor claims:

1. In a cabinet structure: a case; a removable slide forming the back of the case; a lid for the case carried by the upper edge of the slide; a platform; and a linkage between the lid and the platform for raising the platform when the lid is raised; said slide carrying a radio receiving set having controls on the top thereof, the set being so mounted on the slide that the controls will be disposed in close proximity to the lid in its closed position to render them readily accesible when the lid is raised.

2. In a cabinet structure: a case; a removable slide forming the back of the case; a lid for the case carried by the upper edge of the slide; a platform; a pair of pivotally joined links, one link being connected to the platform, and the other link being pivotally connected to the lid, for raising the platform when the lid is raised; and a radio receiving set having controls on the top thereof, said set so mounted on the slide that the controls will be disposed in close proximity to the lid in its closed position to make them readily accessible when the lid is raised.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 2 in which the platform is guided by the walls of the cabinet as the lid is raised and lowered.

4. In a cabinet structure: a case having an open back; a chassis carried by said case but slidable therefrom, said chassis comprising a panel for closing the back of the case; a platform mounted on said panel near one edge thereof for vertical movement parallel thereto; said panel providing space thereon for mounting an object in the region adjacent the area travcrsible by said platform; a lid for the case carried by the upper edge of the panel; a linkage between the lid and the platform; said lid acting upon movement from a closed position to an open position to uncover said region and raise said platform through the intermediary of said linkage.

5. In a cabinet structure: a case; a chassis carried by said case, said chassis comprising a panel forming the back of the case and slidable in grooves provided in the case to permit the chassis to be withdrawn therefrom; a horizontal platform mounted on said panel for vertical movement parallel thereto; a radio receiving set mounted on said chassis laterally of the region traversible by said platform, said radio receiving set having controls on the top thereof; a lid for the case carried by the upper edge of the panel; a linkage between the lid and the platform; said lid acting upon movement from a closed position to an open position to expose said controls and to raise said platform through the intermediary of said linkage.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 554,140 Pittman Feb.'4, 1896 1,632,336 Hiering June 14, 1927 2,589,358 Feiertag Mar. 18, 1952 2,589,538 Carter Mar. 18, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 205,633 Germany Jan. 12, 1909 

1. IN A CABINET STRUCTURE: A CASE; A REMOVABLE SLIDE FORMING THE BACK OF THE CASE; A LID FOR THE CASE CARRIED BY THE UPPER EDGE OF THE SLIDE; A PLATFORM; AND A LINKAGE BETWEEN THE LID AND THE PLATFORM FOR RAISING THE PLATFORM WHEN THE LID IS RAISED; SAID SLIDE CARRYING A RADIO RECEIVING SET HAVING CONTROLS ON THE TOP THEREOF, THE SET BEING SO MOUNTED ON THE SLIDE THAT THE CONTROLS WILL BE DISPOSED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE LID IN ITS CLOSED POSITION TO RENDER THEM READILY ACCESIBLE WHEN THE LID IS RAISED. 